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    Skyway Works Great For Me

    Hey, here is something I noticed that probably applies to all the Sat systems. I downloaded a little useage meter, and what I noticed was that my computer was up loading and downloading at a low level even when I wasn't doing anything. I downloaded Ad Aware and it found 600 spyware programs...
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    Skyway Works Great For Me

    Try Support Homepage provided by SkyWay USA This is their technical site. It has links to other sites. I took me a while to find it. I think they should have one site that links everything, but the one you tend to find is the sales site. I did not find the above site until after I had...
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    Captions

    I have a Direct TV DVR. As an older person, I frequently need to use captions, but sometimes I don't. In order to switch captions on or off it takes at least 16 clicks on the remote. I have emailed Direct TV several times hoping that they could change to software to make it easier and...
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    Skyway Works Great For Me

    HI, I tried the testmy.net and got this result on the third test. Below is a quote from that site: "Hey , I tested my download speed at testmy.net - speed test and broadband tools. I got 604 Kbps or 74 kB/s (I tested with a 579 kB file). If you don't believe me you can go to testmy.net and...
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    Skyway Works Great For Me

    I discovered another benefit of this setup over dialup: now I can have wireless in the house and my son and I can both be on our computers at the same time. I installed a Linksys Wireless - G router and it works perfectly. Of course we share the connection speed, but we haven't really noticed...
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    Skyway Works Great For Me

    I live the boonies with no hope for DSL or cable. I have been aprehensive about Sat Internet after reading of all the bad experiences but decided to give Skyway a chance because the investment is smaller and because I like the simplicity of the one way system and the fact that I could install...
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